Riverbank erosion in Bangladesh
In North Carolina, coastal communities are faced with environmental change as water interacts with the land. Sea level rise and storm surges are the primary threats, but an understudied issue...
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ECU alum wins London’s most prestigious theater award for work in ‘Hamilton’
Howell Binkley, an East Carolina University alum who won a Tony Award for his lighting design of the musical “Hamilton” in 2016, has another accolade to add to his collection....
Graduate student earns ECU’s first Schweitzer Fellowship in public health
Graduate student Gabriel Beattie-Sergio has earned ECU’s first-ever Schweitzer Fellowship in public health, to create and sustain a project aimed at determining and eliminating different factors that contribute to childhood...
Laupus Library’s leadership worthy of national celebration
This week, Laupus Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead our communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer. April 8-14 is National Library...
ECU announces Economic Development Academy
East Carolina University officials today unveiled plans to create an academy that will offer customized economic development training and certifications to elected officials, business leaders and personnel of economic development...
Student researchers awarded Joyner Library’s Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize
Three East Carolina University students from the Department of History in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded Joyner Library’s ninth annual Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize for student...
Club Baseball Team receives championship rings
They are big, sparkly and a perfect fit for national champions. The ECU Club Baseball Team received their 2017 national championship rings during a halftime ceremony at the final ECU...
Tarboro native and entrepreneur Janice Bryant Howroyd to keynote annual Business Leadership Conference
East Carolina University’s College of Business (COB) will hold its fourth annual Business Leadership Conference April 10-11 at the Mendenhall Student Center. The two-day conference, open to COB juniors, seniors and...
Joe Dooley named head men’s basketball coach
After leading Florida Gulf Coast to five conference titles and five consecutive 20-win seasons, former ECU head men’s basketball coach Joe Dooley will return for a second stint at the helm...
Brody School of Medicine names vice dean of operations
East Carolina University (ECU) has named a new vice dean of operations for the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Peter Schmidt will begin serving as Brody’s second in command on...